HE rounds and their issues
Дата: 16.07.2010 09:15:41

MrVic: Aye I am more looking into its effectiveness being to high and
superior to AP in almost all situations. More of gauging its
effects and if they are to severe or not. I have a feeling this
might be part of the issues people are seeming to have in regards
to Heavy tank durability and SPG damage and last but not least some
insane module damage to tanks on wild shots from some angles.
Currently I think the in game values are applying to much damage to
a tank and or module damage for the force of the round being
used.
The HE rounds in WW2 vs the types of armor they impacted did not penetrate typically the force of the concussion wave would ripple through the steel and cause fragmentation and spawling of the inside of a armor plate. This caused fragments to in essence spray off the impact point into a tank killing/wounding crew and damaging systems without penetrating the outside section of the plating. But in that regard the heavier the armor the more kinetic force it can absorb due to their being a thicker plate of steel. This makes the force distribute more evenly as it travels through the plate much like distributing weight pushing down, but just at a faster velocity. This is also why tanks were built later on out of steel wielded joint for the most part. The M3 Lee and Grant were built with rivet construction methods. They found this to be a huge flaw since a impact force (concussion wave) would ripple through the plate and deplete its energy easier at the rivet locations causing them to snap off and bounce around the inside of a tank like bullets.
The HE rounds in WW2 vs the types of armor they impacted did not penetrate typically the force of the concussion wave would ripple through the steel and cause fragmentation and spawling of the inside of a armor plate. This caused fragments to in essence spray off the impact point into a tank killing/wounding crew and damaging systems without penetrating the outside section of the plating. But in that regard the heavier the armor the more kinetic force it can absorb due to their being a thicker plate of steel. This makes the force distribute more evenly as it travels through the plate much like distributing weight pushing down, but just at a faster velocity. This is also why tanks were built later on out of steel wielded joint for the most part. The M3 Lee and Grant were built with rivet construction methods. They found this to be a huge flaw since a impact force (concussion wave) would ripple through the plate and deplete its energy easier at the rivet locations causing them to snap off and bounce around the inside of a tank like bullets.
